Information handling system physical component maintenance through near field communication device interaction

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9198060-B2
Application number	US-201313754178-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2013
Priority date	Jan 30, 2013
Publication date	Nov 24, 2015
Grant date	Nov 24, 2015

Abstract

Information handling system maintenance is aided by sending maintenance codes with a management processor of the information handling system to a mobile telephone with a NFC communication. The maintenance code and an identifier of the information handling system are provided to an administrative station to confirm that the proper maintenance is taking place at the proper system before the maintenance is authorized.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An information handling system comprising:
a chassis;
a processor included in the chassis and operable to execute instructions to process information;
memory included in the chassis and interfaced with the processor, the memory operable to store the instructions and information;
a management controller included in the chassis and operable to perform management functions associated with components disposed in the chassis;
a visual indicator disposed a…

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Terwilliger Kevin D
• Ozias Orin M

Classifications

• H04B5/20

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04W24/04 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H04B5/0031

  Electricity · mapped topic